Details

Detached house, now a convent finishing school. c1740, partly
refaced late C19; late C20 alterations. Brown brick with red
brick dressings, moulded brick plinth and pilasters supporting
a cornice at 2nd floor level.
3 storeys and basement. Single window entrance front and 3
window return to garden. C20 entrance with canopy. Gauged red
brick segmental arches to flush framed sashes with exposed
boxing. 1st floor sash above entrance, round-arched with a
cast-iron guard. Garden front with central full height canted
bay, ground and 1st floor windows altered to French windows,
1st floor with early C19 cast-iron balconies. Parapet with C20
plain cast-iron balustrade. INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: following the Crimean War the house became
the Sailors' Orphan Girls' Home and was the home of General de
Gaulle and family in 1940-2. Converted to a finishing school
1968.

Listing NGR: TQ2611585867

Legacy

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Legacy System number: 477427

Legacy System: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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